Resources

Supplies

• Buzzers, etc., can be bought at Radio Shack. You can find them with different voltage ratings and test how well they work with too much or not enough voltage.
  
  
• Also, get your electrical tape at Radio Shack or a hardware store, to be sure it is sticky, strong enough, and well-insulated.
  
  
• Get feathers, pipe cleaners, etc. and foam board at a craft store.
  

Books

• The Science Factory by Jon Richards. Brookfield (CT): Copper Beech Books, 2000.ISBN 0-7613-0832-6
  
  

• Shocking Science by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1999. ISBN 0806922710

• Electronic Sensor Circuits and Projects by Forrest M. Mims III. 2000. Part of the Radio Shack Engineer's Mini Notebook Series, publication 62-5034. Available at Radio Shack.

• Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest M. Mims III. 2000. Radio Shack publication 62-5004. Available at Radio Shack.

Web sites

• What is Electricity?
  http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/kidshome.html
  
  
• Department of Energy Electricity Page
  http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/electricity.html
  
  
• How Circuits Work http://van.hep.uiuc.edu/van/qa/section/Electricity_and_Magnets/Circuits/894549239.htm
  
  

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